Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Tonga instead of El Salvador, you would:
Health
live 2.2 years longer
In El Salvador, the average life expectancy is 75 years (72 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022. In Tonga, that number is 78 years (76 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.
be 95.9% more likely to be obese
In El Salvador, 24.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Tonga, that number is 48.2% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 84.3% less likely to be unemployed
In El Salvador, 7.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Tonga, that number is 1.1% as of 2011.
make 21.0% less money
El Salvador has a GDP per capita of $8,100 as of 2020, while in Tonga, the GDP per capita is $6,400 as of 2019.
Life
be 11.6% more likely to be literate
In El Salvador, the literacy rate is 89.1% as of 2019. In Tonga, it is 99.4% as of 2018.
have 13.7% more children
In El Salvador, there are approximately 17.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Tonga, there are 20.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 25.5% less likely to have internet access
In El Salvador, approximately 55.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Tonga, about 41.0% do as of 2019.
Expenditures
spend 30.6% less on healthcare
El Salvador spends 7.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Tonga, that number is 5.0% of GDP as of 2019.
spend 2.4 times more on education
El Salvador spends 3.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Tonga spends 8.0% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
Geography
see 36.5% more coastline
El Salvador has a total of 307 km of coastline. In Tonga, that number is 419 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Tonga: At a glance
How big is Tonga compared to El Salvador? See an in-depth size comparison.